Diocese of Byumba, Rwanda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Byumba / Byumban(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kigali

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1981.11.05: Established as Diocese of Byumba / Byumban(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kabgayi, Diocese of Kibungo and Diocese of Ruhengeri and became suffragan of Kigali)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.02.28 – ...):

Bishop Papias Musengamana (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Byumba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Papias Musengamana (57)
(2022.02.28 – ...)

Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda)

In caritate et misericordiæ

Born:	1967.08.21 (Byimana, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.05.14

Priest of Kabgayi (Rwanda) (1997.05.18 – 2022.02.28)

Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda) (2022.02.28 – ...)

Bishop Servilien Nzakamwita (81)
(1996.03.13 – 2022.02.28)

Bishop emeritus of Byumba (Rwanda)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1943.04.20 (Rushaki, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.06.02

Priest of Kibungo (Rwanda) (1971.07.11 – 1996.03.13)

Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda) (1996.03.13 – 2022.02.28)

Bishop Frédéric Rubwejanga (92)
(Apostolic Administrator 1994.11.11 – 1996.03.13)

Bishop Joseph Ruzindana
(1981.11.05 – 1994.06.07)

Sitio

Born:	1943.06.03 (Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.01.17
Died:	1994.06.07 († 51)

Bishop of Byumba (Rwanda) (1981.11.05 – 1994.06.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (1983 – 1991)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale du Cœur Immaculé de Marie, Byumba, Nord

Ruhengeri (←), Kabale (↑), Mbarara (↗), Kibungo (↘), Kigali (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,100 km²

Population: 819,000 Catholics (47.5% of 1,723,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 114 priests (96 diocesan, 18 religious), 186 religious (35 brothers, 151 sisters), 46 seminarians

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